Details about the Freight Train Accident

The man, who has been identified as 35-year-old Armand Berg, was walking in the middle of the train tracks a little after 5 p.m. at the intersection of Vine Street and Commerce Boulevard in the town of Saline, which is just south of the village of Liverpool, according to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office.

Berg was hit by a 67-car CSX freight train that was traveling in the same direction. The conductor of the train sounded the horn when he spotted Berg on the tracks and began to stop the train, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Berg did not move off the track and was hit just south of the Vine Street crossing.

As a result of the accident, Berg suffered severe traumatic leg injuries and was rushed to the Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse where he later underwent surgery. Berg remains in critical condition following the accident.

Traffic in the area was blocked for several hours after the accident while police and deputies collected evidence and conducted their preliminary investigation into the accident.